Karate Style Comparison! Names & Characteristics Explained

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【Chapters】
00:00 Introduction
00:42 From Kung Fu to Okinawa
01:09 Shuri Te, Naha Te, Tomari Te
01:51 Shuri Te
02:02 Shotokan
02:12 Itosu Ryu
02:26 Motobu Kenpo/Kempo
02:43 Motobu Dundi
03:10 JKA (Japan Karate Association)
03:22 Wado Ryu
03:37 Shudokan
03:55 Shorin Ryu
04:01 Shito Ryu
04:20 Isshin Ryu
04:51 Tomari Te
05:03 Naha Te
05:08 Okinawa Goju Ryu
05:12 Goju Kai
05:22 Kyokushin
05:47 Ashihara Kaikan
06:37 Styles Heavily Influenced by Kung Fu
06:57 Ryuei Ryu
07:14 Uechi Ryu
08:10 Japanese Karate vs Okinawan Karate vs Full Contact Karate
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[@KarateDojowaKu]

Was I missing YOUR style? Please share it with the people in the comment section :)

[@NOTMYSCENE]

Hello

[@NOTMYSCENE]

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[@KarateDojowaKu]

@@NOTMYSCENE hello!

[@mgunfighter]

gosoku ryu perhaps?

[@berserk9085]

so technically uechi ryu is not karate but Kung fu.

[@ThomasToPC]

I'm so glad that Kudo got mentioned. I practise Kudo with a small community here in this part of the world.

[@KarateDojowaKu]

Glad you liked it!

[@jukklobpekka4745]

Then why are you happy? I would never say to people that. Joku is a good idea

[@filip1718]

kyokushin karate + judo hmmm it sound very efective 😉

[@ThomasToPC]

@@filip1718 Kudo has techniques that are not commonly practised in full-contact Karate and Judo, e.g. headbutt, leg lock. Also, the gi makes possible some techniques that cannot usually be done in no-gi MMA. Kudo is really a different beast altogether.

[@Samperor]

@@ThomasToPC also boxing right?

[@dacedebeer2697]

As someone who trained Uechi, I can tell you that we emphasized hardening our body and learning to breath, move and contract our muscles to absorb damage as much as hardening for attacking, more so even.

[@KarateDojowaKu]

Thanks for sharing your insight!

[@jean4j_]

How would you compare Uechi-Ryu to Goju-ryu? Body conditioning is equally practiced in Goju-ryu?

[@dacedebeer2697]

@@jean4j_ I never trained Goju Ryu, but it was a style held in high esteem by my old Uechi Ryu Sensei. I would not be able to tell you any specific detail, other than that it should be still a more self defense oriented style as opposed to competition oriented. I think these more traditional karate styles provide a great basis, but if you want to be a more complete striker, at some point one should at least dabble in boxing (for the punches) and Muay Thai (for the knees, elbows and powerkicks).

[@jean4j_]

@@dacedebeer2697 great insight! Thank you! Rather than doing Goju-ryu + boxing/kickboxing. How about doing Kyokushin instead? What's your thoughts about kyokushin Karate?

[@diosdadoapias]

@@dacedebeer2697 In karate there is knee strike, elbow strike and the power kick roundhouse. But knee and elbow strike are not emphasize not even the finger strike, extended knuckles. perhaps they are emphasize because they are hard and painful to trained.

[@songoku9348]

Someone asked Jesse Enkamp what style he uses, he didn’t give a clear answer instead going on about some mountain. You see to me, ‘styles’ are basically like cars, you have ford, Chrysler, BMW, Audi, Toyota, Nissan etc. All of them do the same thing but are from different ideas of how a car should be. So I ‘drive’ Shotokan.

[@KarateDojowaKu]

haha nice! Jesse practices multiple, I think.

[@songoku9348]

@@KarateDojowaKu I want to learn Mishima style Karate.

[@m.a.k.8618]

I think he started with the Shindo Jinen Ryu, don't remember where I saw though in the middle of his hundreds of posts and videos. But now he definitely practices whatever he likes from each style.

[@Brainwashed101]

@@m.a.k.8618 He mentioned in one of his Okinawa travel episodes that his parents' teacher was Motokatsu Inoue, the Grandmaster of the Yui Shin Kai style, which is partially based on Shindo Jinen Ryu.

[@m.a.k.8618]

@@Brainwashed101 thanks, you've got a great memory to be able to remember that.

[@rudolphkeppler7828]

That's awesome that you and Jesse Enkamp can bring all these knowledge about Karate. It's not a thing people usually learn at the dojo. Oss!

[@osheabego6288]

I’m Itosu Ryu, this is the first time I’ve heard someone from outside the style talk about it.

[@uzbekuncle]

You guys are like grandfathers to all Shito-Ryu I guess

[@HakenV]

I was about to comment that, greetings from Venezuelan Itosu-Ryu Community :D

[@HakenV]

Yeah something like that haha

[@Samperor]

@@HakenV hellooooo Venezuela!

[@keithkamau4771]

I'd love to add judo to my shotokan😅

[@Soldier-of-God.]

Kyokushinkaikan Karate derives not only from Goju-Ryu Karate Sensei Yusuke, but also from Shotokan Karate, as Sosai Oyama Masutatsu, our founder had learned both styles, along with Judo, Boxing and Korean Kenpo, as well as Chinese Kenpo. Ashiharakaikan Karate is an offshoot of Kyokushin Karate, then both Seidokaikan Karate, as well as Enshinkaikan Karate, both emanated from Ashiharakaikan Karate. Kyokushin-Kan Karate (極真館 空手) which is under the leadership of Kancho Royama Hatsuo is still 100% Kyokushinkaikan Karate, as is Shin Kyokushinkaikan Karate (新極真会館空手) which in turn is the organisation of Kancho Midori Kenji, once again 100% Kyokushinkaikan Karate. What happened was, that once our Kyokushinkaikan Karate (国際空手道連盟極真会館) 'International Karate Organisation Kyokushinkaikan, Sosai Oyama Masutatsu had passed away, he had not appointed a successor to continue to lead his martial arts organisation. So upon his death many of his senior Shihans (masters) began to feud amongst each other for the power and leadership, of the entire unified, Kyokushinkaikan Karate World organisation at that time. As they could not come to an agreement, many of this Kyokushin Karate masters, decided to form their own organisations, while slightly modifying their Kyokushin Karate organisation's name, so as to differentiate themselves from the other Kyokushin Karate groups. So as you mentioned here in this video, Shin-Kyokushinkaikan Karate and Kyokushin-Kan Karate for example. Kudo Karate is indeed a mixture of Kyokushin Karate and Judo, but so is Enshinkaikan Karate, as both of their founders, had become Judo black belts, prior to both studying Kyokushin Karate. However just to clarify again, Sosai Oyama Masutatsu had studied Chinese Kenpo, Korean Kenpo and boxing in his youth. Upon migrating to Japan, from his native South Korea, he studied Kozen Judo and obtained the rank of 4th dan black belt, then progressed onto Shotokan Karate where he obtained yet again the 4th dan black belt rank. He finally studied Goju-Ryu Karate, where he achieved the rank of 7th dan black belt, which ultimately justifies why he was ranked 10th dan black belt in his own martial arts style of Kyokushinkaikan Karate, which he had established himself. Great video as always by the way Sensei Yusuke, Osu!🇲🇽🇦🇺🥋🤟👍✌🙏

[@KarateDojowaKu]

Yes, I am aware of that fact, but like I said, it's a simplified version right now :)

[@Soldier-of-God.]

@@KarateDojowaKu all good I understand now, at least other people who do not know so, might become also aware.😊✌👍🤟

[@KageKirin]

Outside of Japan, Kyokushin Karate has split into numerous variations. e.g. Kyokushindo www.kyokushindo.com/ (founded in 2007 in Germany by splitting from IKO3/Matsushima-ha) Kyokushin Sabakido www.kyokushin-sabakido.com/ Kyokushin Budokai ibk.world/ www.worldkyokushinbudokai.com/ and many more... It's mostly high ranking "branch chiefs" that have been disgruntled by the Japanese management of many styles, and wanting to break free from the dogmas, created their own styles. Interestingly enough, there is enough international spread to have worldwide organizations, even though sometimes there is no representation in western countries.

[@andreterink9398]

I agree an the explanation here. Very good. All the different Kyokushin organisations are in basic 100% Kyokushin but there are still little differences inside the organisation’s. So you have to do TAMESHIWARI by one organisation and not by the other. Also you can question the divergence in the ordering about the ranking. I did my 4th Dan exam in 2007, at the at time it was still old school. Nowadays the criteria for examination are very different between the organisations. There are even organisations who claim to have more than 12 Dan decrease. The bottom line is, that it is in basic all the same, only you can not trust the Graduations by a lot off the organisations.

[@koraegi]

Out of curiosity what the heck is korean kenpo

[@endlesspath250]

Nice to see the origins of the Full-Contact Karate family. Personally, I think Shotokan deserves some credit for their founding as much as Goju-ryu, since Masutatsu Oyama trained in both before he founded Kyokushin, at least to my knowledge.

[@KarateDojowaKu]

Good point!

[@kingandrews]

Wow! This is pure gold! Amazing job, dude.

[@YoukaiSlayer12]

Great straight forward video that can be easily used in explaining the history & family tree if Karate. I’m in the other Shotokan styles line: SKIF but I’ve also been studying Osaka, Enoeda & Shiina when they were younger for research.

[@rolandgdean]

I wonder where "Enkamp-Ryu" would fall in that chart. lol

[@ninjasolarteam]

What about Dan-ryu Kenpo(The art of one dojo) and Seth-ryu Martial arts(sensei seth) and Ken-ryu Tigerjitsu(master ken)

[@ninjasolarteam]

sorry. i meant "Ameri-dote Tigerjitsu" my bad

[@michaeltaylor8501]

@Jaykob Seiler , Some are not too far removed; for I know that at least 2 students of the Okinawan, Gichin Funakoshi, came to the U.S.A. to teach their versions* of Shotokan: Oshima & Nakiyama/Nashiyama (spelling? please pardon my failing memory). Tadashi Yamashita, now 79 years old & living in California, moved to Okinawa when he was 8 years old, started his study of martial arts at 11 years old, & then brought his version of Shorin-Ryu to the U.S.A. when he was in his twenties; therefore, many in the U.S.A. have had the chance to be fairly close, lineage-wise, to Okinawan instructors without having to go overseas. * = Instructors don't always teach the same things in the exact same way throughout their years of teaching; & not all students are equal in their observations, perceptions, knowledge, & skills; plus not all students who become teachers have the same teaching styles or capacities to convey their knowledge; so, variations naturally exist within many so-called 'styles' of karate (& the idea/concept of karate 'styles' is a fairly modern invention, per Jesse Enkamp's research).

[@guidoramackers9414]

@@michaeltaylor8501 that would be Nishiyama..Nakayama was head instructor of the JKA.

[@michaeltaylor8501]

@Guido Ramackers Thank you for the correction/clarification. 😎👍

[@carlosorozco4786]

Great video! I was surprised to see so many styles!

[@KarateDojowaKu]

Haha nice! Glad you learn something new!

[@donalmacthomais7584]

This is an awesome video! I'm a Goju Ryu ( IOGKF and Meibukan) practitioner myself. I always enjoy your videos.

[@KarateDojowaKu]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@geoffreyfletcher6976]

My experiences in just Karate styles as far as Japanese systems go were; Wadõ Ryū, Ryukyu Kempõ/Kobudõ (but the Dojo was called Shudokan). But I have also studied American Kenpõ Karate, as well as both Taekwondõ and Tang Soo Dõ (both which had a heavy Shotokan Karate base); and even Kajūkenbõ (in which the Ka stands for Korean Karate aka Tang Soo Dõ).

[@thebackpackengineer]

This was very informative. So many different styles. Enshin Karate was one you missed. I believe it was derived from Ashihara because it's also has a strong emphasis on Sabaki.

[@CameronQuinnKyokushinKarate]

Nice work. Thank you. Kyokushin is a mix of both Shotokan and Goju. Oyama Masutatsu trained his early years (until yondan) under Funakoshi Gichin and Gigo. The kyu grade kata of Kyokushin are mostly Shotokan kata.

[@mikaelbauer3818]

But not as Shotokan does them ;)

[@minecraftkingest4116]

did not implement Shotokan that much onto Kyokushin cause he didn't even like the style it had too many problems to be effective as he followed Musashi Miyamoto's teachings and by his teachings Shotokan is shit

[@ambasstracker]

Great video - Thanks for a nice succinct overview of karate styles!

[@KarateDojowaKu]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jbaccanalia]

Thank you, I always found this confusing. Your graphic and and explanation were simple and understandable.

[@ataberkercan9803]

You are an amazing man. Thank you for your youtube channel. Amazing library for karate fighters

[@berengerburkhart4080]

This is like "Crash Course: Karate". Awesome layout, so easy to understand, but also really delving into those specifics that we're here for.

[@londonuk70]

Great explanation, I practiced GojuRyu in my youth and was an incredible technique, thanks and congrats for this video.

[@solid_fire9388]

i feel honored and proud to be a Kyokushin Karate practitioner, great video, Osu

[@michealandretis7243]

Great video sensei, very detailed. I started karate (Wado ryu) now (at age 27) and it's wonderful.

[@koza2]

Isshin Ryu! Awesome to see it in your list. Some more cross influence info for your list is Isshin Ryu's founder, Shimabuku Tatsuo, learned from not just Goju Ryu's Chojun Miyagi and Shorin Ryu's Chotoku Kyan (I think Kyan learned from both Shuri-te and Tomari-te instructors), but also Motobu Choki for a time.

[@NotEbugaming]

Kyan Chotoku had a huge influence on the particular kata that Shimabuku Sensei included in Isshinryu.

[@jasonvmadden]

And to keep the chain going, Tatsuos brother Eizo is O-Sensei of Shobayashi-ryu - my style. Sadly OSensei is no longer with us but if anyone wants to look up Bill Hayes, Tony D’Angelo in Chicago, and Mike Pannulla (West Chester, PA, USA) this is our lineage 🙏

[@dmfenris]

Nice and informative :) Ive trained a few years in Shorin-/Shito Ryu, but thats 25 years ago now. Currently doing Yamaue AikiJutsu (for 12 years) :)

[@thomasbergqvist8006]

in my town we had wado ryu , i miss those days

[@ripx5848]

Was a little surprised that I did not see Okinawa Kenpo in this list. I know some people believe that it is not a style at all, but has a founder (Nakamura) who actually is known for bringing bogu gear into karate for full contact sparring, and a specific list of both open hand kata and kubudo. Was still very happy to learn about all the other styles.

[@realhomosapien]

As a kung-fu practitioner I am happy to see how kungfu also had influence Japanese martial arts as well

[@KarateDojowaKu]

Oh yeah super heavy

[@CameronQuinnKyokushinKarate]

I would say the influence of Chinese martial arts on karate is a LOT more than is usually acknowledged. In fact the PRIMARY technical foundation of all karate is Chinese martial arts.

[@realhomosapien]

@@CameronQuinnKyokushinKarate yup

[@ruser0084]

As a Uechi Ryu student, I knew about Kanbun Uechi's travels in China but I was surprised to learn that Uechi Ryu is MOSTLY Chinese martial arts. We get beat down by our instructors when they are testing our Sanchin stance ( the Sanchin Kata was depicted in the Uechi Ryu footage) and must beat each other's arms , stomachs, chest and legs during conditioning. We also do the finger tip pushups for conditioning. All this hard stuff seemed barbaric compared to what I previously thought about Kung Fu. Kung Fu seems more elegant than Karate so I did not suspect that it to would include this type of conditioning and would be more focused on ridiculous levels of skill. Then again, the style is half soft so I guess Chinese martial arts must be the source of the circular blocks and circular hand motions in Uechi Ryu. Maybe I should have studied Kung Fu.

[@mandivrz]

Thank you for the video! Since you mentioned JKA for Shotokan, I believe that one thing to include is Wado-Kai for Wado-Ryu too, as they are both independent organisations now

[@jazzquire]

this was excellent. very informative.

[@johngault7329]

Isshin-ryu here. Old school, straight forward, very little flash. I love it..

[@DONTHATETHEPLAYA321]

Evolve

[@johngault7329]

@@DONTHATETHEPLAYA321 explain

[@cplvcc]

Thank you, Sensei. Very informative and easy to follow. I study Matsubayashi Ryu and Shito Ryu.

[@KarateDojowaKu]

Excellent!

[@diegofrancoleon1609]

Wow amazing video, I practise karate Shotokai. Thanks for sharing.

[@KarateDojowaKu]

No problem!

[@DavidLee-eh4dw]

I watch your videos and Jessie Encamp. I love the historical and contextual details. I would love it, if possible, if you were able to do a video on the influences on Korean martial arts from Japan and Okinawan influences. Tang Soo Do seems very similar to Shotokan and I have heard it referred to as "sister arts". I can't find much on the history of Korean Martial Arts here like I do with the amazing work you do for the Japanese styles. Thanks for everything!

[@davidodonnell4371]

How about Chito-ryu (founded by Chitose Tsuyoshi)? I did a style called Ryusei-ryu, which was a branch of Chito-ryu that was founded by Chitose Tsuyoshi's son-in-law. What software did you use to make your chart? I would like to use it for presentations. Are you at Keio University karate club? I taught at Keio (SFC) for 10 years. :)

[@eddieromanov]

I loved Wado Ryu so much. There was a subtle beauty to its way of blending Karate and Jiu-Jitsu that was hard to grasp initially. We would use strikes like bone locks and turn blocks into grabs. Once I started American Kenpo, I saw a lot of parallels. No technique, no matter how seemingly basic, was ever just one thing. Every block was a strike. Every strike was a grab. Every movement was used to manipulate and control the opponent’s body.

[@abelpraveen3713]

Thank you very much Sensei for this video will be a part of Karate history.... This video is a rare in the World....

[@KarateDojowaKu]

This took a long time to make...Glad you liked it! Please share!~

[@abelpraveen3713]

@@KarateDojowaKu I will share this video to all Karate ka which I know sensei....

[@214warzone]

@@KarateDojowaKu i saw 3 Te, but no KaraTe

[@karabonsai]

Kon´nishi ha. I saw my first video of you today, and this is the 2nd. Great videos, great english. Domo arigatō gozaimashita. Greetings from Germany. Dewa mata, Kara Bonsai. PS: awesome Dojo! PPS: Just have seen an interview on you with Team Ki, thats a green wall shot - the dojo background :) - but still awesome.

[@vincentremi4397]

Hello o/ Karate Do Shotokai here : I am really fond of your opened mind about martial art. The style changes the stance into fudo dashi instead of zenkutsu dashi and focused on Irimi principle. Trivialy I'd say it's Aikido with strikes instead of throws and locks. We are based in France, the masters organize seminaries 3 times a year and if you're willing to contact them to join, or even for a private class with some of them I'll be glad to help you.

[@fabianbrain]

Very well explained, thank you.

[@KarateDojowaKu]

Thanks!

[@Villasenorbrandon]

Felt nice hearing someone mention shorin ryu

[@fwong6633]

That was a excellent review

[@RossellaPastorelli]

Thank you for sharing all this knowledge. I'm a beginner, so many things to learn...gambarou!

[@gregorypiccamiglio]

Hello, Thanks for the video. I would like this work to be continued with a demonstration of the differences between vintage and modern forms of shuri-te, naha-te and tomari-te. I would also like to show the benefits that we could obtain from learning other styles, whether modern or vintage shuri-te, naha-te and tomari-te. Examples: 1 high vs low position, 2 rooting vs mobility, 3 linearity vs circularity, 4 percussion vs control/projection... etc with a special mention for tai sabaki for which I cannot find a contrary but which is not used in the same way in the different styles. If you could continue in this direction I would be very grateful. As you asked, I would like to tell you that as a descendant of kyukushinkai we can subjoin three styles: Shidokan, shindokai and shin ai do. Good continuation.

[@christolasut6763]

From shotokan came tang soo do/ korean karate (won kuk lee) and taekwon-do/ chang hon style (choi hong hi), both is pupil of gichin funakoshi

[@johnnyresistance]

Nice video, I did 6 years Shotokan and reached Shodan, then moved city and started Shin Kyokushin from white belt and am now Green belt (4th kyu). The 5 Pinan / Heian kata were common to both styles but with some variation. Zenkutsu dachi and Kiba dachi and 4 blocks (gedan barai, jodan age uke, uchi uke, soto uke) were the same, but Kokutsu dachi and shuto uke is quite different. Sparring / kumite is very different! Osu!

[@KarateDojowaKu]

That is awesome!

[@stevendreyer3220]

Wow amazing video, I practice Tenshinkan Karate. Thanks for sharing.

[@KarinPrinsloo]

This is fantastic, thank you.

[@codenameidk206]

Very informative. Thank you.

[@Liquidcadmus]

Very informative video. good stuff

[@KarateDojowaKu]

Glad you liked it!

[@makenjikarate]

Very in depth explanation 👍

[@KarateDojowaKu]

Thanks

[@jordiortega4436]

Fantastic. Thank you. Still deciding :)

[@eduardorosa5481]

Hi, I really enjoyed the video, it was very enlightening and would like to know more about other shotokan styles.

[@diegofrancoleon1609]

The shotokan Dojo got Split in some differents groups: the shotokai (with shigeru Egami), the Jka with (Nakayama) and the shotokan karate of América with tsutomu Oshima, latter Assai sensei would create also his líne of karate bettween shotokai and JKA(André bertel have very good videos of it ;))

[@KarateDojowaKu]

Noted!

[@KarateDojowaKu]

Thanks for the information!

[@sergiocortinhascortinhas9318]

Very good video. I love kyokushin but i like to learn much of other styles that you that you show us in the lineage. Thanks

[@KarateDojowaKu]

My pleasure!

[@keitoulou]

Hello Sensei ! Thank you for all your work. Shotokai here !

[@KarateDojowaKu]

Hello there!

[@theshotokanchronicles]

Great video. You are so right about founding masters having training in different branches. Funakoshi had influences from Shuri, Naha and Tomari. I really enjoy your videos. Even more than Jessie-san. OSU.

[@theshotokanchronicles]

I have practiced shotokan for a very long time 22 years or so. Started in the JKA. Then with the ISKF after the split. Now I am with the IKD.

[@KarateDojowaKu]

I see! Thanks for watching me videos!

[@Samperor]

@@theshotokanchronicles whats the difference?

[@sircull4047]

Love your videos!

[@sobaentertainment6580]

Very educational. thanks sensai..i did shotokan but now its more K1 i live both shotokan n kyokushin but hey u also do mauy thai

[@markalbert8135]

Was happy to see Isshinryu mentioned. My personal favorite style.

[@onlyhuman7420]

Kojo-ryu is one of the oldest family style of Karate in Okinawa and should be listed together with Uechi-ryu and Ryuei-ryu because it is also imported directly from China.It would be great if you can make a video on more obscure and rare styles like Kojo-ryu,Kishimoto-Di etc.

[@Samperor]

Wow. Can you explain that? I never heard of kojo ryu.

[@Illusionz-de2mo]

​@@SamperorI'm pretty sure he meant Goju Ryu

[@jamesnewman6032]

Would love to see a video on the fallout of the JKA and some of the major branches that broke off I.e ASAI, ISKF, etc.

[@lauriinkila5078]

Great research, thank you for that! Shukokai karate was missing. It has roots in Shito-Ryu, developed by Chojiro Tani and Kimura Shigeru. Shukokai is one of the most hard-hitting Karate styles I believe.

[@chinolatino9663]

I ve done shotokan for decades now, and I see so many similar concepts in shukokai!!! Shukokai looks awesome and very effective and technical!!!

[@manuelromero3440]

Great video!! Do you know something about Traditional Shotokai? It is the one that I started a few years back. Thanks in advance!

[@charlessmoot6904]

Excellent presentation! When I studied Shorin Ryu on Okinawa in 1977, I remember my Sensei sharing with me, that the karate I learned was brought from Okinawa to Japan and modified there. Then it was re-introduced to Okinawa. He called it Shorin-ryu Shudokan. Do you have any information on Masao Yonamine, of the Shudokan lineage?

[@oswaldosantamaria5975]

Gracias Sensei 🙏🏽

[@KarateZad]

Love this!

[@KarateDojowaKu]

Thanks!

[@guillermozepeda9967]

I study Isshin-Shorinji Ryu; emphasizes utilizing body mechanics and technique to substantiate punching and kicking power. We also study groundwork, break locks, and weapons training.

[@jaybinx2242]

Without a doubt, one of the best Karate history videos on KZbin that takes the time to connect all the different lineages and styles of Karate. Excellent work and thank you!

[@cathalodiubhain5739]

I studied Shotokan for many years and had the pleasure of training under Master Kanazawa on a number of occasions..

[@KarateDojowaKu]

good for you

[@larrykern112]

Matsubayashi ryu although mainly shuri te also has roots in tomari te , many of the advanced Kata are tomari te our second kata fukugata ni is Gojo ryu kata there first kata but has been altered to fit our style more linear movement . Both Master Matsumora and Master Matsumara one from shur ti te and the other tomori te.

[@Dsabre1]

Great Video

[@lalitsinghthakur7734]

G8t video....keep it up...✔️ Seen your other video good knowledge...can you tell belt wise kata categorisations.for shotokan.......regards

[@victortorres7851]

Good video very informative on the root of traditional karate. I came up training American freestyle P.K.A karate. Which is not traditional at all lol. However I appreciate it because it provided a strong kickboxing base with point fighting under tones that helped when I started boxing. Use of the side kick threw Dutch style kickboxers and muay thai fighters off when I started would spar them. And though I possess a more kickboxing with low kick style now I always respect my karate root for being able to do well in other fighting arts. Osu

[@terrysanders2817]

Well done!

[@fredericosousa]

thank you very much for this video. it's precious knowledge. PS: a long time ago i've trained Uechi Ryu style in Brazil.

[@bobrok2634]

thank you sensei. i am a student of a korean style and am very interested in learning more about our roots. would have loved it even more if you explained around what year these spreads happened and the styles evolved . thank you so much. greetings from vienna

[@KarateDojowaKu]

Great idea! Thanks!

[@richnielsen4465]

What's your style? I might be able to help. The five kwans that were combined to create tang soo do are came from shotokan. The eight of the nine kwans that were combined to create taekwondo all came from shotokan. The only kwan not from shotokan is kang duk won, which came from shudokan.

[@michaeldaugette802]

Chito-ryu karate and from it Yoshukai karate . I studied U.S. Yoshukai karate back in 1987 here in Alabama where Yuki Koda set up his Honbu Dojo in Montgomery Alabama the state capital but U.S. Yoshukai has dojo’s in several U.S. States I might add that the Grandmaster and founder was Mamoru (Katsou ) Yamamoto who would come to Alabama once a year for black belt tests as far as I can remember ! It’s a great style and retained all of the Kata of Chito-ryu but had some variation in the kobudo added as well as the katana techniques and Kata coming from Niten - ichi ryu

[@kevinjeung4685]

I do Enshin Karate who’s founder was Kancho Joko Ninomiya. He studied Ashihara Karate and evolved it to include Judo calling it Enshin Karate

[@mathewnicholls5539]

Very informative, I enjoyed learning this! Any chance I could download the karate family tree chart you have presented?

[@KarateDojowaKu]

Due to copyright issues, in currently keeping it closed! Sorry :(

[@tristanachterberg7401]

Hoping for a second video of this

[@ShihanTomCallahan]

Kyokushin -KAN run by Kancho Hatsuo Royama places emphasis on the BUDO aspect more than anything, but also incorporates Taikken training as well as Kobudo. If you would like to discuss this more, please reach out to me at your convenience. I have really been enjoying your videos, thank you .

[@KarateDojowaKu]

Thanks for your insight!

[@delvana111]

Who knew! Great presentation.

[@williamjeremiah6637]

As a long time Marshal Artist, I highly respect all types of Marshal Arts,because all of them staring with respect Dicipline Stamina and Self defense. It doesn't matter what kind of Marshal Art's you are exercising or training, but they have same philosophy.

[@richardguerra3605]

You mean martial arts. Not marshal

[@78a67h]

I like that you use the late great Master Kanazawa in the Shotokan demo

[@loveit347]

That’s such a clean way to present your ideas. May I know which application you used to make that tree map? I want to use it in my presentation

[@KarateDojowaKu]

Thanks! I used mindmeister

[@TehDanno1]

I'll be honest when i saw you made a 10 minute video on this topic i scoffed at first. Though i was pleasantly surprised fairly quickly through the video. Also gained some clarification on my style i studdied Shōrin-ryū. Critical block really makes sense reflecting back on things. We used to put ALOT of emphasis on the micro movements in our blocks. A block was meant to be thought of as a strike as well. Also my Sensei used to always say that the secret techniques were in the basic movements, being the small detailed micro movements.

[@santhoshgajaraj2113]

Hello yusuke sensei, it was a great video as usual. I am a shitoryu practitioner but i wanna know more about gensei ryu, can you make a video on the history of gensei ryu and its founder?

[@Shevock]

Good list. As an Isshinryu practitioner, I think you're right to keep Isshinryu in the Shorinryu/Shuri box. Lots of styles brought in other kata and techniques but at core that's the tradition Isshinryu is. It starts with Seisan, and only 2 of the 8 prescribed open hand kata were taught to the founder my Master Miyagi. Other ways to expand your chart might be to Korea, where Tang Soo Do was a modified Shotokan, maybe (I'm no expert, but just looking at the styles and forms used) and the US which has many forms brought over since after WWII because of the military bases on Okinawa. For Isshinryu it seemed the style was still in development, and different aspects were emphasized if you studied Isshinryu in Okinawa in the 1950s or the 1960s or the 1970s when the founder passed. Everybody did the charts and the same 8 open hand kata, but different kobudo, different angles and emphasis on general over the years, but most of the servicemen who came over and taught it were teaching their memories of that single moment in time of a highly innovative karate master in Tatsuo Shimabukuru.

[@mikev2821]

Good content

[@majdikamal1389]

Good video .... Sensei, can you tell us about your thoughts on Kudo karate ?

[@marcoantonio078]

I was tought Wado Ryu karate here in a small rural Scottish community. My friends father Sensei J Hyslop was responsible for our learning. Budo Khan was also tought though this was miles away.

[@justythrasher]

Thank you Sensei

[@uzbekuncle]

thanks for a great job explaining this all. Do you happen to have a shareabel Mindmeister link or can you please share an exported PNG from there? I'd love to have that one.

[@DrChrisCopeland]

As a practitioner of Isshin Ryu, thank you for getting the general historical concepts.

[@romerobinson8279]

Awesome video! What’s your thoughts on isshinryu karate? I’m thinking about learning this style but I don’t know a lot besides the vertical fist

[@lslewis]

SO interesting^^. And the Kudo style stood out to me. I didn't know there was an actual style that was mixing Karate and Judo, although cross training between the two is common.

[@Liquidcadmus]

one of Mas Oyama's (founder of Kyokushin) students developed and founded Kudo. Oyama wanted to incorporate throws and grappling into Kyokushin, so he asked one of his students who was also a judo black belt to work on the concept. but he never approved any of the proposed suggestions, so the student decided to create his own system called Kudo. I forgot his name now though

[@lslewis]

@@Liquidcadmus Oh, that's cool...glad Oyama-sensei had a student mix styles and techniques. It's quite a practical thing to do^^

[@llawliet3733]

​@@lslewisThe funny thing is that Judo doesnt teach Striking until you reach Blackbelt and Karate doesnt teach Grappling until Blackbelt. Kudo is basically using both Styles with all their Techniques right from the start

[@kirsinaldini2004]

A style found in Canada called Kanreikai which is a mix of goju-ryu and kyukushin World Karate Kanreikai

[@hickskarate888]

Good evening my friend I do wanna share with you that kanbun uechi only brought back 3 katas from China. Kanei uechi developed 3 bridging katas to the pangainoon system in okinawa.Great video my friend.

[@user-xz8vj1jg7b]

Finally there is the one one who can explain all of this

[@FredKuneDo]

Yusuke, maybe someone else wrote this allready, but "K1" is NOT a Karate Style, but was a Kickboxing-Organisation, which developed a specific ruleset allowing "Full Contact"-Karateka, Muay Thai Fighters, but also many other Kickboxers to compete. Of course there is a connection to Kyokushin and Seidokaikan and also the "Japanese/Dutch Kickboxing", but it became its own thing and in Kickboxing the use of "Dutch style"/"Japanese style"/"K-1" is more or less a thing to set it apart from "American style Kickboxing" and also Muay Thai, because of different rulesets. (for example "K-1 rules" allowed knee strikes and low kicks, which were not allowed in the "American Kickboxing", but does not allow elbow strikes like in Muay Thai).

[@manjunath.m5336]

Thank you for this knowledge. And please make video on enshin karate.

[@KarateDojowaKu]

I will look into that!

[@urvienelly]

Enshin is part of the Kyokushin family. Kyokushin is the baby that came from the marriage of Shotokan and Goku ryu.